A woman who was bullied at school for being ginger had the last laugh after being crowned the winner of Miss England.
Jessica Gagen, 26, overcame the bullies to regain her self-confidence following her difficult teenage years at secondary school. Jessica said she was punched, spat at and even burned because of her red locks after being tormented by cruel classmates.
She was also subjected to name-calling, having things thrown at her head and was forced to eat her school dinner in the toilets in a bid to escape the abuse. But after being signed up by a modelling agency after her A-Levels, Jessica's confidence grew as she took to catwalks across the globe.
